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The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance) into a single event; gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points.
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in pair skating.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the ...
Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic figure skating pairs and ice dance nominees were announced Sunday, including U.S. ice dance champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Pair skating, along with men's and women's single skating, has been an Olympic discipline since figure skating, the oldest Winter Olympic sport, was introduced at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. [15] The ISU World Figure Skating Championships introduced pair skating, along with women's singles, also in 1908. [16]
Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.The five events took place between 4 and 20 February 2022. [1]A total of 144 quota spots were distributed to figure skating, a decline of four from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
The pair skating competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February (short program) and 19 February (free skating), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. [1] Sui Wenjing / Han Cong of China, the 2018 silver medalists, won the event.
A total of 22 teams qualified to compete for the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. Originally only 20 spots were available, but due to the invitation of the North and South Korean teams, the quota jumped to 22. 16 quotas were handed out during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships and four were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.